U.S. v. ALPHARMA, INC.

Civil Action No. ELH-10-1601.

UNITED STATES, et al., Plaintiffs, ex rel. JEROME PALMIERI, Relator, v. ALPHARMA, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Palmieri, United States of America, ex rel. Jerome Palmieri, Plaintiff, represented by Anna C Dover, Milberg LLP, Gilbert F Shelsby, Jr, Shelsby and Leoni, Jaime Walker Luse, Tydings and Rosenberg LLP & John Bucher Isbister, Tydings and Rosenberg LLP.

United States of America, ex rel. Jerome Palmieri, Plaintiff, represented by Jamie M Bennett, Office of the United States Attorney, Thomas F Corcoran, Office of the United States Attorney & Gilbert F Shelsby, Jr, Shelsby and Leoni.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Plaintiff, represented by John Bucher Isbister, Tydings and Rosenberg LLP.

The Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff, represented by John Bucher Isbister, Tydings and Rosenberg LLP.

Alpharma, Inc., Defendant, represented by Brigham Cannon, Kirkland and Ellis, Henry J DePippo, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Jonathan C Bunge, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Michele Elaine Gutrick, Kirkland and Ellis LLP & Steven Menashi, Kirkland and Ellis.

Alpharma Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Defendant, represented by Brigham Cannon, Kirkland and Ellis, Henry J DePippo, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Jonathan C Bunge, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Michele Elaine Gutrick, Kirkland and Ellis LLP & Steven Menashi, Kirkland and Ellis.

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant, represented by Brigham Cannon, Kirkland and Ellis, Henry J DePippo, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Jonathan C Bunge, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Michele Elaine Gutrick, Kirkland and Ellis LLP & Steven Menashi, Kirkland and Ellis.

Pfizer, Inc., Defendant, represented by Brigham Cannon, Kirkland and Ellis, Henry J DePippo, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Jonathan C Bunge, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Michele Elaine Gutrick, Kirkland and Ellis LLP & Steven Menashi, Kirkland and Ellis.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLEN LIPTON HOLLANDER, District Judge.

Jerome Palmieri, the relator, filed this qui tam action on behalf of the United States of America and various individual states (collectively, the "Qui Tam States")1 against his employers, Alpharma, Inc. and Alpharma Pharmaceuticals, LLC (collectively, "Alpharma"); King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("King"); and Pfizer, Inc. ("Pfizer"), defendants,

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